Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-04

ness; ard those who desire space,
hut have not yet secnred it, should do
20 at once. We hope to issue the
edition by the first proximo.
Doarding g the Lion I'm His Dem"
The Oakland Board OF Trade, re-
cognizing Los Angeles as the great
centre of attraction to Eastern people,
has concluded to send delegation to
this city for the purpose of talking up
Ala media county as desirable place
for home-seekers to settle. Oakland
and Sacramento are now aroused
from their wonted apathy. They
find themselves left behind in the
race for population and prosperity,
and have concluded, at the eleventh
hour, not to initiate Los Angeles in
reaching out to the older States for
immigration but to come here and
try to float the intending settlers
whom we have induced to come from
the East, 10 their own section of the
State. We do not say anything against
this singular move. There is no law
to prevent them trying to carry it
out but we must say. that whilst
they pay Us a compliment by their
act ion, they resort to system Of tao
tics that would not be considered
highly honorable in the rival
ry of private. individuals. by
sen ding agents here they admit
that our attractions Of climate
and coil and. our judicious and costly
presentation OF them to Eastern peo-
pie have induced the thousands
Of hom eseekers, now here and COM
ing, to flock to this section. But in
admitting this, they virtually tell us
we intend to take advantage ef your
successful work, and despoil you OF
its ben efits if we can. Well, We are
good-natured enough to interpose 10
objection. We are 60 sure of our ad
vantages that we have no fear OF their
poa ching upon our grounds. This
remin DIS us OF fable. Once.upon a
time there was an old fisherman who
went out to sea in all sorts of weather
and caught fish. These he kept alive
in well in his boat and brought
ash ore, transferring them into pond
te longing to his village. One day he
fou nd number of men from an ad-
JONI ng village fishing with great
succ ess in the pond. He remonstra-
ted with the interlopers,' and told
tn EN- that they were encroaching up
on his rights. Said he, "There are
plen OF fish in the sea where l
caught these. 1t is open to you to do
Ss4, have DONE" But they only
laughed at him, and said there was no
need OF their taking the trouble to go
out into the ocean to catch fish whea
they could haul in all they wanted
from the pond he had made alive
with the fnny inhabitants Of the
deep. The old fisherman was good
natured, and, besides, he knew that
there Q would always be fish enough in
the pond fo- himself and his fellow
vii layers, SO he said: "Well, gentle
men, you. can haul out all the fish
you can catch, but it would have
10 oked much better ii you had done
as l did, and gone to. sea for your
q ish, instead of dropping your line
in the pond have stored at Sc
much risk, expense and labor. Bu
lot US see how this sort OF tactics will
work. Their agents will come here
in hostile spirit, ITO puff up thei
own section, and depreciate ours
This they will do, whether they star
out with that intention or not. Thei
principal stock in trade will be thu
cheap ness OF their lands compared
with the prices at which ours arr
selling. But this very cheapness il
the key to their whole situation
Their lands arc common farm
ing lands, and their valu
has been fixed by al
inexorable law. 1t is based Aupol
their legitimate capacity for returns
Ind upon the conditions of their eli
mate. 1t will not be denied that oul
climate, in its equability and hygien
ic ex cellence, is superior to that Of the
northern part OF the State. At least
this is the testimony of thousands
who have enjoyed it, and is a set
tied fact attested by the crowded
state OF our southern towns and cities
and the steady stream Of people COM
ing to this sanitary Mecca. There
fore, while they may offer the intend
Ing settler cheaper lands, they will
still be behlnd us, for they cannot In
crease their value by adding the in
ducement we possess in our incom.